Portable billiards.



No. 673,693. Patented May 7 |90I. V. BEAUFILS.

` PORTABLE BILLIARDS.

(Application Bled Aug. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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VICTOR BEAUFILS, oF PERIGUEUX, FRANCE.

PORTABLE BILLIARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Of Letters Patent NO. 673,693, dfled May 7,1901.

Application filed August 19, 1898. Serial No. 689,042. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, VICTOR BEAUFILS, a citizen of the French Republic,residing at Prigueux, (Dordogne,) France, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Portable Billiards; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The present invention has for its object to provide aconveniently-handled cue for billiard playing. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the cue withthe stem projected. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cuewith the stem projected, and Fig. 3' is a sectional View of the cue withthe stem in position to be projected. v

R is the button attached to a spring S, suitably fastened to the outsideof the cue-handle.

M is the stem, having at the outer end a leather tip, suitably fastened,and in the rear part a guide-slot U.

N' is a collar fastened on the stem M at such a point that when the stemis pushed into the cue the collar shall come under the button R.

N is a bolt or latch having a helical spring O on its shank and set in arecess of the collar.

T is a guide-pin in the cue and passing through the slot Uto prevent thestem from rotating, thus bringing the bolt N always under the button R.

P and Q are helical springs of unequal strength acting on the stem.

The stem being forced into the cue until vthe spring-bolt N latches witha shoulder on the handle under the button R, the user aims the cue andthe button is pressed with finger or thumb of the hand holding the cue.The bolt N being thus unlatched from the handle the stronger spring Q onthe stein pushes the stem outward. To prevent a sudden jarring of thecue and a-displacing of the point of the stem by a sudden shock of thecollar against the end of the cue, the weaker spring P comes int'o playas a cushion and the stroke given on the ball therefore resembles thatmade by the cue when actuated by the hand.

I claim as my invention- A mechanical spring-cue consisting of a handleand sliding stem with two springs of different strength, a strong springto force the stem out when released and a weaker one to act as acushion, and a latching device comprising a spring-actuated bolt carriedby the stem and adapted to engage the handle and a spring-supportingdevice on the handle adapted to engage the said bolt in order to releasethe same from its engagement with the handle, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR BEAUFILS.

Witnesses BALLANO, EDWARD MICHEL.

